ursed by an enchantress because he has no love in his heart, a prince is transformed into a terrible beast. The fearful spell can only be broken when he truly learns to love -- and can earn the love of another. But who can love a beast? All seems hopeless ... until fate brings Belle into his grasp. Angry and despairing due to his long enchantment, the Beast tries to capture Belle's love with fear, not win it with kindness. Then slowly, through her courage and compassion, he begins to discover the secrets of his own heart and learns that even a beast can be loved. Beast's key animator, Glen Keane, spent months surrounded by a bestiary of animals for inspiration, including a mandrill in the London Zoo named Boris and a gorilla named Caesar in the Los Angeles Zoo. Keane said of the final creation, "The first challenge was to design a Beast that felt real, felt like a real animal from earth ... The animal that most inspired me was the buffalo. There seems to be an incredible power and size in a buffalo. But he has very sad cow eyes that say there's a gentleness inside of him." Actor Robby Benson, who voiced the monstrous Beast, is best known for playing earnest young men in film and theater and was considered an unlikely choice for the enchanted monster. But the Broadway-trained actor brought an unexpected power and intensity to the Beast's voice, as well as a sense of the Beast's youth and vulnerability. In an interview during production on "Beauty," Benson said, "I'm more excited about this than just about anything I've done." Film: "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) Voice Artist: Robby Benson